Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege (MS17-018: CVE-2017-0026)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2017-0077
Date Published: 14 Mar 2017
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 14 March, 2017
Source: Microsoft MS17-018
Industry Reference:CVE-2017-0026
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? Windows 10
Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems
Vulnerability Description An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Kernel. The vulnerability is caused when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS17-018

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege (MS17-018: CVE-2017-0026) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege (MS17-018: CVE-2017-0026)

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